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Montgomery-Ward bridge

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Chord progression used in jazz standards

Injazz music, theMontgomery-Ward bridge (alsoRiepel's Monte) is a standardchord progression often used as thebridge, or 'B section', of ajazz standard. The progression consists, in its most basic form, of the chords I⁷–IV⁷–ii⁷–V⁷. Often, some or all of thedominants aresubstituted withii–V progressions or otherwisealtered. This is used in such standards as "The Sunny Side of the Street", "When You're Smiling", "Satin Doll",^[1] and particularly "Honeysuckle Rose".^[2]

Eight bars:^[2]

v⁷

I⁷

vi m⁷

II⁷

ii m⁷

V⁷

^Rich, Scott, "Bridge Construction",Money Chords, Angel fire.
^^a ^bHolbrook, Morris B (2008),Playing the Changes on the Jazz Metaphor, Now Publishers, p. 104,ISBN 978-1-60198-172-1.

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Three	I–IV–V–I ii–V–I turnaround V–IV–I turnaround ♭VII–V⁷ cadence Backdoor progression Eight-bar blues Twelve-bar blues ("Bird" changes) Sixteen-bar blues Passamezzo moderno
Four	'50s progression Andalusian cadence Folía vi–ii–V–I Montgomery-Ward bridge Passamezzo antico I–V–vi–IV (list) IV^△7–V⁷–iii⁷–vi Romanesca Tadd Dameron turnaround

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